CMU and FA reach tentative deal

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (WOOD) - Central Michigan University and the CMU Faculty Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract.

Details of the agreement are not being released until members of the Faculty Association and CMU ratify the tentative deal.

Central Michigan University and the CMU Faculty Association negotiated for nearly 14 hours Thursday which was facilitated by an Isabella County Circuit Court Judge.

The tentative agreement came following the nearly 14 hours of negotiations.

CMU and the FA were in court for a hearing on a request by CMU to make a preliminary injunction permanent, forbidding the faculty from staging a strike, and for a ruling on the appropriate legal venue for hearing a lawsuit filed by the FA against CMU.

Negotiations began in April with both parties meeting 34 times for more than 145 hours, including six sessions with a state mediator.

The FA and CMU filed for fact finding in July, which led to a series of hearings before the independent, state-appointed fact finder in September. Fact finder Barry Goldman issued his report Oct. 31.

The CMU Faculty Association has a general membership meeting scheduled for Sunday evening.